By Mike and Heather Webb

Tanzania—This was our sentiment as we returned from the Kondoa area earlier in September. We drove two and a half hours over pothole-studded roads and sand as fine as talcum powder to encourage our sixteen theological education by extension (TEE) students in their studies. Our visit marked the halfway mark for their first book Following Jesus, and we were eager to see their progress. We hadn’t been face to face with them since leaving them with books and training five weeks earlier, so we were thrilled to see students’ books filled out, witness a lively discussion among them about what they had learned, and see the leaders keeping great records.

We’re also celebrating this week with our seven TEE students in Dodoma who have completed Following Jesus. It has been an exciting ten-week journey with them, and we are looking forward to studying the second book, Talking with God, alongside them too.

Would you pray for our students in the Kongwa area? Many of the Church of God ministries in Tanzania have struggled in this area, and TEE has started slowly as well. Please pray that God would give us wisdom in how to encourage these pastors to develop in their personal walks with the Lord as well as their ministries.

Learn more about Mike and Heather Webb, career missionaries to Tanzania, by clicking here.